Birds

Jeff Larsen/Seattle Post-IntelligencerA seagull hassles a bald eagle near Blaine, Wash. The North Cascades are in the background.

Renee C. Byer/Seattle Post-IntelligencerA collection of cormorants drying their wings in the sunlight are joined by a blue heron near Beach Drive close to Constellation Park Marine Reserve in West Seattle as a ferry passes by off Puget Sound.

Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-IntelligencerPerched on a pile of rocks a great heron scans the water for fish during a break between rain showers along the Blair Waterway in Tacoma.

Dan DeLong/Seattle Post-IntelligencerIn near unison, thousands of snow geese take to the air from a farm field near Conway in Skagit County.

Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-IntelligencerWhile searching for its next meal a great blue heron cruises low along the shoreline near Des Moines Marina.